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Techtonica

Fire Hose Games · 2024-11-07

SteamPlayStation StoreMicrosoft Store

IndieSimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative

Releases: Nov 07, 2024 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Jul 18, 2023 (Xbox One), Jul 18, 2023 (Xbox Series X|S), Nov 07, 2024 (PlayStation 5)

Techtonica is a first-person factory automation game with a gripping mystery about mining your way out from the depths of an alien planet. Explore bioluminescent caves, mold destructible terrain, construct a massive subterranean factory. Dig your way toward answers & discover the secrets of Calyx.

75
playing now
65%
positive of 3.3k reviews
Mixed
steam rating
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$8.99
steam price (US)

75 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 05:00 UTC (census sample)

Welcome to the strangely beautiful, bioluminescent, and mysterious sub-surface alien world of Techtonica. You’ll begin with only the basics for digging, mining, and resource production. Discovering everything in Techtonica demands unique equipment, power, and resources. Build specialized machines to optimize gathering and production as you arm yourself with the tools needed to go further and deeper.(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 75 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 199 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~25/week).
  • · Review velocity down 38% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (631 reviews).
  • · Top 12% of 18,104 Indie games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-29

Estimated sales: 65k–146k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 3,253 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$8.99-70%
Microsoft Store$29.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $4.79 at Steam (2025-12-18)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $29.99 · on sale 18 of 35 observed days · $25.20 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
50550520232026Week of 2023-07-01: 505 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 126 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 158 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 65 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 136 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 108 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 118 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 96 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 155 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 170 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 65 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 81 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 67 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 44 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 7 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

132202026-08-11 19:00 — 56 players2026-08-12 11:00 — 34 players2026-08-13 02:00 — 20 players2026-08-13 18:00 — 59 players2026-08-14 10:00 — 34 players2026-08-15 02:00 — 37 players2026-08-15 18:00 — 53 players2026-08-16 10:00 — 48 players2026-08-17 02:00 — 29 players2026-08-17 17:00 — 50 players2026-08-18 09:00 — 32 players2026-08-19 01:00 — 28 players2026-08-19 17:00 — 53 players2026-08-20 08:00 — 41 players2026-08-21 00:00 — 35 players2026-08-21 16:00 — 73 players2026-08-22 08:00 — 56 players2026-08-23 00:00 — 66 players2026-08-23 15:00 — 132 players2026-08-24 07:00 — 68 players2026-08-24 23:00 — 60 players2026-08-25 15:00 — 105 players2026-08-26 07:00 — 57 players2026-08-26 23:00 — 61 players2026-08-27 15:00 — 85 players2026-08-28 21:00 — 94 players2026-08-29 13:00 — 86 players2026-08-30 05:00 — 75 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$29.99$4.792023-07-182026-08-282023-07-18 — best price $25.492023-08-28 — best price $25.492023-10-10 — best price $29.992023-12-04 — best price $23.992024-01-04 — best price $29.992024-02-21 — best price $23.992024-03-21 — best price $29.992024-05-06 — best price $23.992024-05-21 — best price $29.992024-06-27 — best price $17.992024-08-05 — best price $29.992024-11-07 — best price $19.792024-12-04 — best price $29.992024-12-24 — best price $29.992025-01-13 — best price $29.992025-02-17 — best price $11.992025-03-11 — best price $29.992025-03-31 — best price $9.892025-05-01 — best price $29.992025-06-26 — best price $9.892025-07-14 — best price $9.892025-08-20 — best price $9.892025-10-06 — best price $7.492025-11-18 — best price $29.992025-12-17 — best price $9.892026-01-08 — best price $29.992026-02-19 — best price $7.492026-03-19 — best price $7.492026-04-03 — best price $8.992026-05-13 — best price $8.992026-06-11 — best price $29.992026-07-10 — best price $7.492026-07-30 — best price $29.992026-08-28 — best price $29.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

24
achievements tracked
79.7%
earned "Square Root"
36.6%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerCo-opOnline Co-opSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam CloudFamily Sharing1 DLC

11 supported languages: English, French, German, Japanese, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Spanish - Latin America, Traditional Chinese, Dutch

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)2,9772%24
PS5 (PlayStation)44714%24

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Player tags

Co-opSandboxBuildingCraftingStrategyAutomationManagementSimulationExplorationMultiplayer

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

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Similarity via IGDB.

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